Forestry
National forest estate reaches 11% of the total land area
Ireland’s national forest estate has continued to expand and reached 11% of the total land area in 2017, according to...
Forestry
Ireland’s national forest estate has continued to expand and reached 11% of the total land area in 2017, according to...
Forestry
A conference focusing on the country’s native woodlands will mark two decades of work restoring, managing and creating new native woodlands...
Forestry
A review of the national response to the ash dieback disease has today been announced by Minister of State at...
CAP / Schemes
A public consultation process on the new strategic plan for the development of the organic sector is set to open tomorrow...
Agri-Business
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Andrew Doyle, begins a four-day visit to Vietnam...
Forestry
The latest Irish forestry statistics were recently published by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The Minister of...
Forestry
Minister of State with responsibility for Forestry Andrew Doyle recently toured Galway to highlight the importance of the forest industry...
Tillage
“Anywhere that we can see an opportunity to replace imports we must concentrate on.” Speaking at the National Potato Conference on...
Forestry
Newly adopted measures by the Government will “create the conditions for more forests to be planted”, according to the Minister...
Tillage
Challenging circumstances have been at play in the Irish tillage sector over the last number of years, according to Minister...
CAP / Schemes
An “IT issue” affecting the issuing of payments under the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) is leaving many farmers frustrated...
CAP / Schemes
It has been confirmed that 85% advance payments under the 2017 Organic Farming Scheme have now commenced. The announcement was...
Forestry
The start of the 2017-18 forestry planting season and afforestation programme was launched by the Minister of State at the...
Agri-Business
A total of 20 senior Chinese agriculture officials have been welcomed to Ireland as part of a Knowledge Transfer (KT)...
Rural Life
Future agricultural policy must have an environmental and climate change framework in order to be acceptable, according to the Minister of...
Forestry
The commencement of the Forestry Act 2014 came into effect yesterday (Wednesday, May 24). It was announced by Andrew Doyle, Minister of...
Forestry
Illegally burnt agricultural or forestry land must be removed from 2017 Basic Payment Scheme applications, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and...
Forestry
A new Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programme for foresters has been unveiled by the Minister of State for Food, Forestry and Horticulture,...